{
  "place_id": "novodruzhesk#7720_12130",
  "wikidata": "Q2415316",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Новодружеськ",
  "forms": [],
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Novodruzhesk",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in national romanization (2010); recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novodruzhesk’",
          "why": "Ukrainian-based spelling retaining the final soft-sign mark."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novodroujesk",
          "why": "French reference spelling for matching French titles cited in English; not a claimed common English exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novodruzhes’k",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novodružesʹk",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Novodruz͡hesʹk",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form, with actual English prose frequency unverified."
        },
        {
          "name": "Новодружеськ",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local sources quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Novodroujesk",
      "why": "French geographical reference spelling, using French transcription conventions.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Novodruzhesk",
          "why": "International spelling for matching Ukrainian or English source titles in French texts; the adapted French heading is given above."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Novodruzhesk is a small city near Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast. It developed in the coal-mining district near the Siverskyi Donets River.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Standard-derived forms are retrieval aids, not claims of English prose frequency. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodruzhesk ; https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodroujesk ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Новодружеськ ; https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Навадружэск ; https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodrujesk.",
  "rank": 1382,
  "slug": "novodruzhesk"
}